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Directed by | Peter Jackson |
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Based on | The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien |
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Music by | Howard Shore |
Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie |
Edited by | Jabez Olssen |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Language | English |
Budget | $250 million[3] |
Box office | $956 million[4] |
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a 2014 high fantasy adventure film, directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro. It is the third and final installment in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, following An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and together they act as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Produced by New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and WingNut Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, The Battle of the Five Armies was released on 11 December 2014 in New Zealand, 12 December 2014 in the United Kingdom and on 17 December 2014 in the United States.
It stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Stott and James Nesbitt. It also features Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving and Orlando Bloom.
The film grossed over $956 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2014 and the 30th highest-grossing film of all time. At the 87th Academy Awards, the film received a nomination for Best Sound Editing.
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Plot
Bilbo and the Dwarves watch from the Lonely Mountain as the dragon Smaug sets Laketown ablaze, and its people flee. Bard the Bowman breaks out of prison, and eventually kills Smaug with the black arrow brought to him by his son Bain. Smaug's falling body crushes the fleeing Master of Laketown, who was escaping Laketown on a boat laden with the town's gold. Bard reluctantly becomes the new leader of the Laketown people as they seek refuge in the ruins of Dale, while Legolas travels to investigate Mount Gundabad with Tauriel. Thorin, now struck with "dragon sickness" over the vast treasure in the mountain, searches obsessively for the Arkenstone, which Bilbo had previously found but kept hidden. Thorin, hearing that people have come to Dale, orders the entrance of the Lonely Mountain sealed off.
Meanwhile, Galadriel, Elrond and Saruman arrive at Dol Guldur and free Gandalf, sending him to safety with Radagast. They battle and defeat the Nazgûl and Sauron himself, banishing them to the East. Azog, marching on Erebor with his vast Orc army, sends Bolg to Gundabad to summon their second army. Legolas and Tauriel witness the march of Bolg's army, bolstered by Orc Berserkers and giant bats.
Thranduil and an elf army arrive in Dale and they form an alliance with Bard in order to re-claim white gems that are part of the Mountain treasure. Bard goes to the mountain and asks Thorin for the share of the gold that he had previously promised the people of Laketown, but Thorin refuses. Gandalf arrives at Dale to warn Bard and Thranduil of an impending war for the mountain, but Thranduil finds him ridiculous. Bilbo sneaks out of Erebor to hand the Arkenstone over to Thranduil and Bard, so that they can trade it for the gems and gold they believe is theirs, preventing the need for a battle. When Bard and Thranduil's armies gather at the gates of Erebor, offering to trade the Arkenstone for the white gems and gold, Thorin angrily refuses, believing that it's a ruse. Bilbo sneaks through the guard, admits giving away the Arkenstone, and scolds Thorin for letting power go to his head. Thorin nearly kills Bilbo, but Gandalf arrives at the gate and shames Thorin into releasing Bilbo. Thorin's cousin Dáin arrives with his Dwarf army, and a battle of Dwarves against Elves and Men is imminent. Wereworms emerge from the ground, releasing Azog's army from their tunnels. With the Orcs outnumbering Dáin's army, Thranduil and Bard's forces, along with Gandalf and Bilbo, join the battle. However, a second front is opened when many Orcs, Ogres, and Trolls attack Dale.
Inside Erebor, Thorin suffers traumatic hallucinations before regaining his sanity and leading his company to join the battle. He rides towards Ravenhill with Dwalin, Fíli and Kíli to kill Azog; Bilbo follows them using the One Ring. Meanwhile, Tauriel leaves with Legolas to warn the Dwarves of Bolg's approaching army. Fíli and Kíli are cornered, and Azog executes Fíli, as Bilbo and the other Dwarves look on. As Thorin engages Azog in a fight to the death, Bolg knocks Bilbo unconscious, overpowers Tauriel and then kills Kíli, who had come to her aid. Legolas battles Bolg, eventually killing him. Thorin kills Azog, but is mortally wounded in the process. The Great Eagles then arrive with Radagast and Beorn to fight the newly arriving Orc army, and the Orcs are finally destroyed. Bilbo regains consciousness, and makes peace with a dying Thorin. Legolas tells Thranduil he must leave, and Thranduil advises him to seek out a Dunedain ranger in the north who goes by the name "Strider" (Aragorn).
Bilbo bids farewell to the remaining members of Thorin's company and journeys home to the Shire with Gandalf. As the two part ways on the outskirts of the Shire, Gandalf admits his knowledge of Bilbo's ring, and tells him that magic rings are not to be used lightly. Bilbo returns to Bag End to find his belongings being auctioned off by relatives because he was presumed dead. He aborts the sale but finds his home pillaged.
Sixty years later, Bilbo receives a visit from Gandalf, thus setting in motion the events of The Fellowship of the Ring.
Cast
- Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins
- Ian Holm as Old Bilbo Baggins
- Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey
- Richard Armitage as Thorin II Oakenshield[5]
- Orlando Bloom as Legolas Greenleaf
- Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel
- Luke Evans as Bard the Bowman
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug and Sauron[5]
- Lee Pace as Thranduil[6]
- Graham McTavish as Dwalin
- Ken Stott as Balin
- Aidan Turner as Kíli[6]
- Dean O'Gorman as Fíli
- Manu Bennett as Azog the Defiler
- Mark Hadlow as Dori
- Jed Brophy as Nori
- Adam Brown as Ori
- John Callen as Óin
- Peter Hambleton as Glóin
- William Kircher as Bifur
- James Nesbitt as Bofur[6]
- Stephen Hunter as Bombur
- Cate Blanchett as Galadriel[5]
- Hugo Weaving as Elrond
- Christopher Lee as Saruman the White
- Sylvester McCoy as Radagast the Brown
- John Tui as Bolg[7]
- Billy Connolly as Dáin
- Mikael Persbrandt as Beorn
- Stephen Fry as the Master of Laketown
- Ryan Gage as Alfrid Lickspittle
- Mark Mitchinson as Braga
- John Bell as Bain
- Peggy and Mary Nesbitt as Tilda and Sigrid
- Simon London as Feren
Additionally, Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis' daughters made cameo appearances as girls rowing away during Smaug's attack; movement coach Terry Notary and stand-in Jamie Haugh appear as a Laketown refugees after the destruction; Conan Stevens, who played Bolg in the first film, appears as the Keeper of the Dungeons, an Orc captain holding Gandalf hostage; Dominic Monaghan, who played Meriadoc Brandybuck in The Lord of the Rings trilogy appears as a Hobbit during the auction scene; and the sons of key second assistant director Guy Campbell, casting director Miranda Rivers, and Weta Workshop founder Richard Taylor appear as Hobbit children during the auction scene.
Production
The Hobbit was originally envisioned as a two-part film, but Jackson confirmed plans for a third film on 30 July 2012, turning his adaptation of The Hobbit into a trilogy.[8][9] According to Jackson, the third film would contain the Battle of the Five Armies and make extensive use of the appendices that Tolkien wrote to expand the story of Middle-Earth (published in the back of The Return of the King). Jackson also stated that while the third film will largely make use of footage originally shot for the first and second films, it would require additional filming as well.[10] The third film was titled There and Back Again in August 2012.[11] In April 2014, Jackson changed the title of the film to The Battle of the Five Armies as he thought the new title better suited the situation of the film.[12] He stated on his Facebook page, "There and Back Again felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo's arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced—after all, Bilbo has already arrived 'there' in the Desolation of Smaug."[13] Shaun Gunner, the chairman of The Tolkien Society, supported the decision: "The Battle of the Five Armies much better captures the focus of the film but also more accurately channels the essence of the story."[14]
Score
As with all the previous films, Howard Shore has composed the score. Billy Boyd, who played Peregrin Took in The Lord of the Rings, wrote and recorded the song "The Last Goodbye" to be played over the end credits of the film.[15]
Release
Marketing
A teaser trailer for the film was released on 28 July 2014 attached to Guardians of the Galaxy, Into the Storm, and If I Stay. The second theatrical trailer was released on 6 November 2014 attached to Interstellar and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.[16][17]
To promote the film's release, Wellington-based association football club, Wellington Phoenix, wore a special designed jersey to commemorate the opening of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies. The custom, film-themed jersey was worn only once, on 13 December 2014.[18] In the film's Japanese release on 13 December, Warner Bros. collaborated with mobile gaming company A-Lim to bring Bilbo, Gandalf, and Legolas into the game Brave Frontier at the end of December as Vortex Dungeon units. The campaign only runs until February 2015.[19][20][21]
Smaug made a guest appearance, animated by WETA and voiced again by Cumberbatch, on the satire show The Colbert Report on December 12, 2014 to promote the film.[22]
Video games
Two video games were developed to coincide with the film's theatrical release.
A tie-in fighting video game The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies - Fight for Middle Earth was released simultaneously with the film for Android and iOS platforms to negative reviews from critics and users.
An action-adventure video game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 & Xbox One in October 2014 and for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 21, nearly a week prior to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies world premiere in London, on December the 1st. The events of the game take place directly after Sauron fleed to Mordor, escaping The White Council, which was shown at the beginning of the film. The game was planned to act as an overlap between The Hobbit (film series) and The Lord of the Rings (film series).
Theatrical release
The world premiere of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was held in London at Leicester Square on 1 December 2014.[23][24] The film opened in theatres on 11 December 2014 in New Zealand, on 12 December in the United Kingdom and on 17 December in the United States. Warner Bros released the film on 18 December 2014 in Greece and 26 December in Australia.[6][25] The film was released in China on January 23, 2015.[26]
An extended edition of the film had a one-night-only re-release on October 13, 2015, accompanied by a special greeting from Peter Jackson.[27]
Home media
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was released on March 6, 2015 on Digital Release from digital retailers. The DVD and Blu-ray were released on March 24, 2015 in the United States.[28][29][30][31] It topped the home video sales chart in its opening week.[32]
An Extended Edition of the film is scheduled for release on November 17, 2015, which will be 20 or 30 minutes longer than the theatrical cut.[33][34][verification needed] Unlike the theatrical version's PG-13 rating, the Extended Edition has been rated R by the MPAA for "some violence".[35]
Reception
Box office
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies grossed a worldwide total of $955.1 million. Calculating in all expenses, Deadline.com estimated that the film made a profit of $103.38 million.[36] Worldwide, it is the second highest-grossing film of 2014 behind Transformers: Age of Extinction and the 28th highest-grossing film of all time.[37][38][39]
The film failed to earn $1 billion at the box office despite various pundits projecting it to reach that milestone. The Hollywood Reporter said that The Battle of the Five Armies was unlikely to gross $1 billion worldwide due to "plunging exchange rates around the globe" witnessed that year and that Warner Bros. and MGM ultimately would take in nearly $90 million less than expected due to rising dollar and plunging foreign currencies.[40] However, despite this failure, Forbes has declared the trilogy "an unmitigated financial grand-slam for all parties."[41]
United States and Canada
In the U.S. and Canada, it is the lowest grossing of the three films in The Hobbit franchise,[42] and also the lowest grossing of the six Middle-earth adaptations,[43] but the sixth highest-grossing film of 2014.[44] It opened on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 7 p.m across 3,100 theaters and widened to 3,875 theaters the following day.[45] It earned $11.2 million from Tuesday late-night shows, which was the second highest of 2014, matching the record previously set by Guardians of the Galaxy and both behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 ($17 million).[45][46][47][48] It then topped the box office on its opening day (Wednesday, December 17, 2014), earning $24.5 million (including previews),[49][50] which was the third highest Middle-earth adaptation Wednesday opening behind the Wednesday openings of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($34.5 million) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ($26.2 million).[51][52]
In total, the film earned $54,724,334 in its traditional three-day opening and $89,131,544 over its five-day course making it the second biggest five-day opening in the Hobbit trilogy, beating the $86.1 million five-day opening gross of The Desolation of Smaug, but still behind An Unexpected Journey's $100.2 million five-day opening. However, on a three-day basis the film underperformed expectations and fell short of its predecessors.[53][54] The film set a December IMAX opening record with $13.4 million (previously held by Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol).[55] 3D accounted for 49% of the total gross while IMAX generated 15% or $13.4 million over five days, and $7.4 million over three days, and premium large format screens comprised 8% of the total opening weekend gross with $7.2 million from 396 theaters.[56][54] The film passed the $100 million mark on December 23, 2014 – on its seventh day.[57] It became the third film of 2014 to earn $100 million in just under a week following Lionsgate's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 ($168.7 million in its opening week) and Disney/Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy ($134.4 million in its first week).[58] It was in first place at the North American box office for three consecutive weekends despite facing competition from numerous new releases each weekend,[59][60] but was finally overtaken by Taken 3 in its fourth weekend.[61][62]
Other territories
The film began its international roll-out a week prior to its wide North American release.[63] It opened Wednesday, December 10, 2014 in 11 European markets, earning $11.3 million and December 11, 2014 in 17 additional markets, earning $13.7 million, for a two day total of $26.6 million and topped the charts in each of the territories.[63][64][65] Through Sunday, December 14, 2015, it had an openening weekend total of $122.2 million from 37 countries in 15,395 screens[66][67] topping the box office and outperforming the previous two installments on a local currency and admissions basis.[67] 71% of the total gross ($86.7 million) came from 3D showings.[67] However, the overseas opening weekend was still lower than the openings of An Unexpected Journey ($138 million)[68] and The Desolation of Smaug ($135.4 million)[69] – both on a dollar basis. It set a December IMAX opening record with $6.4 million across 160 IMAX screens, previously held by An Unexpected Journey with $5.03 million.[67] The film opened to an additional 59 countries in its second weekend and earned $109 million from 19,315 screens still holding the top spot and fell gradually by 13% as a result of facing minor competitions.[55][70] In its third weekend the film added a further $89 million abroad, remaining at No. 1.[71] It was in first place at the box office outside North America for four consecutive weekends[72] and five in total.[73]
The film achieved numerous records in international markets during its opening weekend. It set an all-time Warner Bros. opening record in Russia ($13.75 million),[66] in Argentina ($2.1 million),[72] and in Sweden and Finland.[66] It also set a 2014 opening record in Germany ($20.5 million),[66] France ($15.05 million)[66] and in Spain ($6.3 million).[74] It also had the best Middle-earth saga opening in the UK ($15.2 million)[66] and in Mexico ($6.3 million).[66] In Brazil, the film scored the second biggest Warner Bros. opening of all time with $6.8 million (behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2).[66] In Australia, the film was released on December 26, 2014 and set an opening day record with $5.59 million, which is the biggest of 2014, the second biggest Boxing Day gross, and the fourth biggest ever in Australia[75] behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ($7.092 million), The Avengers ($6.004 million) and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ($5.9 million).[76] It went on to earn $10.1 million in its opening weekend.[71] The film set an all-time opening record for Warner Bros. in China where it earned $49.84 million in its opening weekend (a record previously held by Pacific Rim).[73][77][78] IMAX generated $6.8 million of the total gross which is the second-highest IMAX three day gross in China behind Transformers: Age of Extinction 's $10 million gross.[73] Other high openings were recorded in Korea ($10.4 million), Poland ($5.6 million), Italy ($5.6 million), Malaysia ($3 million) and Taiwan ($2.75 million).[71][74] In total earnings, its largest markets are China ($121.7 million), UK, Ireland and Malta ($61.3 million) and Australia ($27 million).[79]
Critical response
MTV reported that early reviews for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies were "generally positive" with critics praising the film "for its energy, shorter running time and satisfying closure."[80] According to IBT, reviews for the film were mostly positive, with critics "praising director Peter Jackson's effort at transforming J.R.R Tolkien's fantasy novel into an epic adventure film trilogy."[81] According to CBS News, critics said the film "will satisfy" fans but "otherwise, it may be worth waiting until it's available to rent."[82] Oliver Gettel of the Los Angeles Times said the critical consensus was that the film is "a flawed but fitting finale to the Hobbit trilogy."[83] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 60% approval rating with an average rating of 6.3/10 based on 224 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Though somewhat overwhelmed by its own spectacle, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ends Peter Jackson's second Middle-earth trilogy on a reasonably satisfying note."[84] The film also holds a Metacritic score of 59 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[85] In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.[54]
Scott Foundas of Variety said, "The result is at once the trilogy's most engrossing episode, its most expeditious (at a comparatively lean 144 minutes) and also its darkest - both visually and in terms of the forces that stir in the hearts of men, dwarves and orcs alike."[86] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter said, "After six films, 13 years and 1031 minutes of accumulated running time, Peter Jackson has concluded his massively remunerative genuflection at the altar of J.R.R. Tolkien with a film that may be the most purely entertaining of any in the collection."[87] Andrew Pulver of The Guardian said, "This film is a fitting cap to an extended series that, if nothing else, has transformed Tolkien's place in the wider culture."[88] Chris Tilly from IGN Movies said, "There's a little too much padding in the final Hobbit flick, and the best sequence is without doubt the film's first. But the central battle is indeed spectacular, and as 'The Age of Orc' approaches, it rounds out this particular story in stirring and emotional fashion."[89] Russell Baillie of The New Zealand Herald said The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is "something less than the supposed 'defining chapter' of Jackson's time in Middle-earth as it's been billed. But action-wise, it certainly goes out with a very pleasing bang."[90]
Conversely, Inkoo Kang of TheWrap said, "The 144-minute running time showcases Jackson's worst tendencies: eons-long battle scenes, sloppy and abrupt resolutions, portentous romances, off-rhythm comic timing, and, newly in this case, patience-testing fan service."[91] Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph described the film as "a paragraph on steroids" that was "neither very terrible nor remotely unexpected. It's a series of stomping footnotes in search of a climax."[92] The BBC's Nicholas Barber wrote that with the Hobbit series Jackson had succeeded in bridging the gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and that The Battle of the Five Armies was a "colossal technical achievement", but he also criticised that the film as such was not compelling because of its repetitive battle scenes and a lack of plot.[93] Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times said, "Bilbo may fully learn a sense of friendship and duty, and have quite a story to tell, but somewhere along the way, Mr. Jackson loses much of the magic."[94]
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | Heartland Film Festival | Truly Moving Picture Award | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Won | [95] |
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Matt Aitken, Eric Saindon, Scott Chambers | Nominated | [96] | |
2015 | Academy Awards | Best Sound Editing | Brent Burge and Jason Canovas | Nominated | [97] |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Nominated | [98] | |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Hair & Makeup | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Nominated | [99] | |
Best Visual Effects | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Nominated | |||
British Academy Film Awards | Best Special Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White | Nominated | [100] | |
Denver Film Critics Society | Best Original Song | Billy Boyd, Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh | Nominated | [101] | |
Empire Awards | Best Film | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Nominated | [102] | |
Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Richard Armitage | Nominated | |||
Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Nominated | |||
Saturn Awards | Best Fantasy Film | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Won | [103] | |
Best Writing | Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Richard Armitage | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Evangeline Lilly | Nominated | |||
Best Music | Howard Shore | Nominated | |||
Best Make-up | Peter King, Rick Findlater and Gino Acevedo | Nominated | |||
Best Special Effects | Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White | Nominated |
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External links
- Official website
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies at the Internet Movie Database
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies at Rotten Tomatoes
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